Photos: Sports' most popular mascots

The Famous Chicken does his thing at Vancouver Canadians vs. Eugene Emeralds baseball game at Nat Bailey Stadium.Steve Bosch
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The Famous Chicken does his thing at Vancouver Canadians vs. Eugene Emeralds baseball game at Nat Bailey Stadium on Tuesday night.Steve Bosch
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The Famous Chicken, who visits the Vancouver Canadiens this weekend, is one of the best-known mascots in sports. Let's look at some of the others.Stuart Davis
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Bailey, the LA Kings mascot, rose to prominence during the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs with his antics on the ice and on Twitter. (For real. He's a good follow.) He wears No. 72 because it's the average temperature in Los Angeles and he's named after the late Garnet “Ace” Bailey, who served as the Kings' Director of Pro Scouting for seven years before dying in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.Dave Sandford
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Wally the Green Monster is the official mascot of the Boston Red Sox. He debuted in 1997 and pretty much everyone hated him, but he's grown on fans since then, mostly because he's been the mascot for a whole generation of kids. Boston has marketed him to kids hard, too. He's the first mascot to have a year-round store: Wally's Build-A-Bear Workshop in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace.Screengrab
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Though he looks more like a young Vincent Price with a sunburn, the New Jersey Devil is a nod to the mythical New Jersey devil said to roam the area.Christian Petersen
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Maybe there's a bit of hometown bias here, but Fin, the Vancouver Canucks' mascot, is excellent. Here's a noteworthy tidbit: Fin is one of the few NHL mascots that identifies himself as a goalie.Jeff Vinnick
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Rocky is the mascot for the NBA's Denver Nuggets. The mountain lion is known for his high-flying acrobatics.Garrett W. Ellwood
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The Ducks haven't kept much from their Disney-inspired origins, but Wild Wing was too good to lose. The duck in a goalie mask is one of the most daring hockey mascots, famous for catching fire during his debut when he drove an ATV through a ring of fire.Matt Zambonin
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The Racing Presidents appear at every Washington Nationals home game to participate in a race during the fourth inning. Fashioned after the four heads on Mount Rushmore, their nicknames are George, Abe, Tom, and Teddy. Teddy has never won a single race.Larry French
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The Racing Presidents are likely a nod to the Racing Sausages of the Milwaukee Brewers. The Sausage Race has been held before the bottom of the sixth inning at every home game of the Milwaukee Brewers since the 1990s as a promotion for Klement's Sausage Company.Jonathan Daniel
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Benny the Bull is one of the longest-tenured mascots in all of professional sports. In terms of notable Chicago Bulls, he's up there with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman. He's also a secret character in NBA Jam Tournament Edition, one of the best arcade games ever.Jonathan Daniel
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Youppi! was the mascot of the Montreal Expos from 1979 to 2004, but he became the first league-switching mascot in major league sports history when he swapped allegiances following the Expos' move to Washington. Youppi! means "Yippee!" in French and the exclamation mark is actually a part of his trademarked name.Francois Lacasse
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Go the Gorilla, the official mascot of the Phoenix Suns, is one of basketball's best-known mascots. He's popular for the amazing dunks he does before every 4th quarter.Christian Petersen
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The Phillie Phanatic is the official mascot of the Philadelphia Phillies. According to his official biography, the strange crerature is originally from the Galapagos Islands, which just raises further questions.Jamie Squire
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